Author: Staff

In a KevinMD blog post, John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, discusses five ways in which Google Glass can help clinicians and caregivers improve quality of care and patient safety.

Most physicians report that while the experience of being sued was bad, it did not affect them financially or emotionally in the long-term, according to Medscape's Malpractice Report, released in 2013.

Most physicians believe that electronic health records improve access to clinical data, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.

Michael Port, MD, medical director and anesthesiologist at DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., discusses eight ways ambulatory spine practices can manage conflicts successfully.

Physicians of group-based practices can expect to see a 3.7 percent salary increase in 2014, while hospital-based physicians will likely see a 2.2 percent increase, according to the Hay Group's 2013 physician compensation survey.

Cincinnati-based TriHealth Orthopedic and Spine Institute has added five orthopedic surgeons to its medical team, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.

Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis plans on investing $5 million to expand its spine program to include treatments for degenerative disc disease, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.

Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center in Tulsa announced that it has added Kasra Ahmadinia, MD, to its medical staff.

Willamette Health Partner's Comprehensive Pain Center in Salem, Ore., will close temporarily on Oct. 11, according to a Statesman Journal report.

Jerome Nichols, MD, board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, has joined the Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine in Gainesville, according to an AccessNorthGa.com report.